Where does “نان” come from?

نان (Uyghur) comes from Persian نان, from Middle Persian LHMA, from Proto-Iranian nagna-, from Proto-Iranian ni.

نان (Uyghur): naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...

Definitions

  1. naan, A type of round, flat bread baked in a...

Ancestry of “نان”, step by step

نان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian نان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianنانbread, including the kind called naan in English...
2Middle PersianLHMAbread; food
3Proto-Iraniannagna-—
4Proto-Iranianni—

via Classical Persian نان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Classical Persianنان—
2Middle Persianlhmabread

Words derived from “نان”

Every word from Proto-Iranian ni →Every word from Proto-Iranian nagna- →Every word from Middle Persian LHMA →